India News: Amid simmering discontent post his cabinet expansion, Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa has asked sulking BJP leaders to take up the matter wit
Disgruntlement among BJP MLAs after BS Yediyurappa expands ministry
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Umesh Katti, Murugesh Nirani, Aravind Limbavali, S Angara, CP Yogeshwara, MTB Nagaraj, and R Shankar took oath as new ministers while excise minister H Nagesh was dropped. Of the new inductees, Nagaraj and Shankar had defected from Congress in 2019 and helped Yediyurappa install a BJP regime.
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Bengaluru: Several senior BJP MLAs erupted in anger over chief minister BS Yediyurappa’s choice of men for ministership after he expanded his 17-month old ministry on Wednesday.
Sections of MLAs freely made critical comments about the chief minister in spite of BJP general secretary Arun Singh s presence at the swearing-in ceremony.
Amid reports that the chief minister may opt for a minor reshuffle by dropping a couple of ministers either for non-performance or for strategic reasons, excise minister H Nagesh denied he was on the firing-line.